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  2. Women in Yemen - Wikipedia

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    Women were at the heart of protests, demanding and protesting for a better political life. [28] Then in 2014, women represented more than one quarter of the participants in the National Dialogue Conference (NDC). [29] Through that, women of Yemen achieved important agreements, including the 30% quota for women's political participation. [28]

  3. Sanaa funeral airstrike - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations alleged that the Saudi-led coalition had violated international humanitarian law [7] because the bombing was a 'double tap' attack, or a type of airstrike where the first bombing is followed by a second one soon after, with the aim of targeting the wounded, aid workers, and medical personnel tending to them. The UN report ...

  4. Human rights in Yemen - Wikipedia

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    Human rights in Yemen are seen as problematic. The security forces have been responsible for torture, inhumane treatment and even extrajudicial executions. [1] In recent years there has been some improvement, with the government signing several international human rights treaties, and even appointing a woman, Dr. Wahiba Fara’a, to the role of Minister of the State of Human Rights.

  5. Radhya Al-Mutawakel - Wikipedia

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    Between 2000 and 2004 Al-Mutawakel worked for the National Commission for Women in Yemen, where she was responsible for public relations and women's participation in political processes. [8] In 2004 she began working on Yemeni human rights, initially with the Organisation for the Defence of Rights and Freedoms. [9]

  6. Maeen Al-Obaidi - Wikipedia

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    BBC 100 Women Maeen Al-Obaidi ( Arabic : معين العبيدي ) is a Yemeni lawyer, who acts as a mediator in the city of Taiz in the context of the Yemeni civil war . She was honored as one of the BBC 100 Women in 2022.

  7. Abortion in Yemen - Wikipedia

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    In Yemen, abortions are only “permitted to save the life of a pregnant woman”, making it one of the strictest abortion laws in the Middle East and the world. [1] Abortion is not widely accepted in Yemeni society. [2] However, because of the recent conflict in Yemen, rape, honor killings, and unsafe abortions have increased in Yemen. [2]

  8. Dhamar airstrike - Wikipedia

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    The Dhamar Airstrike took place on 1 September 2019 [3] when Saudi led military coalition aircraft targeted a college building in Dhamar, Yemen that was used as a detention facility by the Houthis. [1] According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen, the airstrike killed dozens of detainees. [4]

  9. Raufa Hassan al-Sharki - Wikipedia

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    Amatalrauf "Raufa Hassan" al-Sharki (Arabic: رؤوفة حسن; 1958 – April 27, 2011) was an educator, feminist [1] and human rights activist from Yemen.She was a professor of mass media and the director of a Women's Studies Center at the University of Sana'a. [2]